"I respect the decision of my disqualification. In frustration, I damaged a couple of greens, for which I apologise for, and I have informed my fellow players it will never happen again," Garcia said in a statement released by the tour.

Garcia is understood to have made scuff marks and a divot hole on putting surfaces at the Royal Greens Golf and Country Club in an angry outburst.

"That's just Sergio acting like a child," Koepka said in interview with the Playing Through podcast on Tuesday.

"It's unfortunate that he's got to do that and complain. Everybody's got to play the same golf course. I didn't play very good, but you didn't really see anybody else doing that.

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Garcia lost his cool in the bunker after getting a bad break during the Saudi International

Garcia lost his cool in the bunker after getting a bad break during the Saudi International